Norm Coleman

Norm Coleman: Let's Just See How This Super PAC Thing Plays Out

Ryan J. Reilly | November 30, 2011, 9:47AM

Does the introduction of so-called "super PACs" drastically change the political landscape or is it just the next logical step of increasing the impact of money in politics? One person who's not sure: former Republican Senator and current super PAC chairman Norm Coleman.

"So is it a continuum? Is it an ebb and flow? Or is it -- from a little different perspective -- a fundamental paradigm shift in the way American elections are conducted? Because I feel it's a little of that too, even though it's an ebb and flow, because the level of coordination that outside groups can do among themselves but not with candidates and not with parties is pretty incredible," Coleman said at a breakfast with reporters hosted by the Christian Science Monitor on Tuesday.

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Topics: Federal Election Commission, Norm Coleman, Super PAC